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id: 65b2b3ea62a86838c216db73
title: Task 53
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-53
audioPath: curriculum/js-music-player/We-Are-Going-to-Make-it.mp3
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Tom: "Thanks, Maria. I _ debugging it when I _ it was a simple configuration error in the code."
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In this sentence, Tom uses the past continuous tense `I was debugging` to describe an ongoing action in the past.

He then switches to simple past `I realized` to state a specific action completed in the past.

Understanding how these tenses work together helps clarify the sequence of events.

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`Thanks, Maria. I _ debugging it when I _ it was a simple configuration error in the code.`

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`was`

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Part of the past continuous tense, showing the ongoing action of debugging.

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`realized`

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Simple past indicates the moment Tom understood the problem.
